根据旅游网站Travel+Leisure评选的全球最美20大图书馆排行，温哥华市中心的中央图书馆(Central Library)排名第六，是唯一入榜的加拿大图书馆。
中央图书馆于1995年落成，位于350 W Georgia St，砖砂砌成的图书馆外圆内方，高大的城垛、环状的列柱，从外观看来像罗马竞技场。
全馆七层楼，占地三万七千平方公尺，纳含了全温哥华市图书馆一半以上的馆藏。

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Library of Congress, Washington, D.C。
Central Library of Vancouver, Canada
Musashino Art University Museum and Library, Tokyo
New York Public Library （Stephen A。 Schwarzman Building）
Marciana Library, Venice
Trinity College Old Library, Dublin
Stuttgart City Library, Germany
Library of Birmingham (伯明翰), England
Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt
Coimbra Library, University of CoimbraCAlta and Sofia, Portugal
Bodleian Library, Oxford University, England
Seattle Public Library’s Central Library
Connemara Public Library, Chennai, India
Austrian National Library, Vienna
Mortlock Wing State Library, Adelaide, Australia
Beitou Branch of the Taipei Public Library, Taiwan